Nigerians have reacted to Kemi Badenoch’s sacking of Robert Jenrick, a Conservative Party Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom, on Thursday over secretly plotting to defect to Reform UK. Badenoch, the Tory leader, claimed she had “clear, irrefutable evidence” that Jenrick would leave the Tories, hence stripping him of the Conservative whip and suspending his party membership. “I have sacked Robert Jenrick from the Shadow Cabinet. A Facebook user, Destiny Ikechukwu, said, “She sacked him when he was at the defection ground without his knowledge. Nice one, Kemi.”Another Facebook user, Azi Aware said, “While Nigerian politicians defect for a living.

Source: Punch January 17, 2026 08:02 UTC